Jon Sweetman

Research Interests

Understanding the impacts of disturbances to freshwater communities and ecosystems from the cumulative effects of natural and human impacts. Paleolimnology of lakes and wetlands with a focus on aquatic invertebrates, especially Cladocerans. Linking research to sustainable management and decision making.

Areas of Expertise

• Freshwater Ecology
• Aquatic Invertebrates
• Paleolimnology
• Climate Change

Education

• PhD Queen's University
• MS University of Alaska Fairbanks
• BSc (Honours) University of Regina

Recent Publications

• Labaj, A.L., Jeziorski, A., Kurek, J., Bennett, J.R., Cumming, B.F., DeSellas, A.M., Korosi, J.B., Paterson, A.M., Sweetman, J.N., Thienpont, J.R. and Smol, J.P., 2021. Environmental drivers of cladoceran assemblages at a continental scale: A synthesis of Alaskan and Canadian datasets. Freshwater Biology. 66:949-967.

• McLean, K.I.*, Mushet, D.M., Sweetman, J.N., Anteau, M.J. and Wiltermuth, M.T. 2020. Invertebrate Communities of Prairie-Pothole Wetlands in the Age of the Aquatic Homogenocene. Hydrolobiologia. 847:3773–3793.

• Williams, N* and Sweetman, J. 2019. Effects of neonicotinoids on the emergence and composition of chironomids in the Prairie Pothole Region . Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26:3862-2868.

• Williams, N* and Sweetman, J. 2018. Distribution and Concentration of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Waterfowl Production Areas in West Central Minnesota Wetlands 39:311-319.

• Sweetman, JN and Sarmaja-Korjonen, K. 2017. First evidence for the occurrence of Unapertura (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anomopoda, Chydoridae) in North America based on subfossil remains . Journal of Paleolimnology 58:291-297